Predictors of fracture risk of a small caliber implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 437-443

  Ha, Andrew C T ^a   Vezi, Brian Z ^a   Keren, Arieh ^a   Alanazi, Haitham ^a   Gollob, Michael H ^a   Green, Martin S ^a   Lemery, Robert ^a   Nery, Pablo B ^a   Posan, Emoke ^a   Birnie, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Lead failure; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77950505016     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02626.x     Document Type: Article

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